Personal income tax and VAT were introduced into the Hungarian tax system in 1988. This was a first step in a long process of tax reform. The next major step, undertaken in 1991, was the modernization of the corporate income tax system. In 1993, the VAT legislation was further modified to conform, at least in principle, to the VAT systems used in the European Union. 1995 witnessed the introduction of…

In order to harmonize the national law with the respective EU regulations as well as to establish a modern and comprehensive regulation of business entities, Hungary implemented substantial changes to its corporate law in 2013. The new Hungarian Civil Code (Act V of 2013 on the Civil Code) came into effect on 15 March 2014 that incorporates the fundamental regulations and obligatory rules for all economic entities. The Act V…

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